PHEOX

Just don't give me **** when I start a build thread please!

supercooper

Nobody will give you **** on your build... Unless you do exactly everything that you shouldnt do, and expect amazing results. lol

PHEOX

Hellaswagstanceddd bro.
No. I won't be doing that. No dorifto either.

concealer404

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Do you want to play the Rape Game?

PHEOX

Oh yes, please doctor.

concealer404

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You're already not playing it right.

PHEOX

I figured. Oh well, live and learn.

supercooper

fixed

PHEOX

Okay, I get it now. I knew I had heard it somewhere.

concealer404

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Well now that my clever analogy has been missed, butchered, and is now a good half page away from the post in which it would have made sense underneath....

NA6C-Guy

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Agreed. While I didn't find a turbo rotary THAT unreliable, an n/a rotary is so much more reliable. My favorite cars I've ever owned have been my FB n/a rotaries. My black '83 with the Mikuni 44mm carbs and RB full street port exhaust was the best sounding car I've ever owned, and the most responsive and most fun car I've had. Plus it was a ******* breeze to work on, with all emissions stripped off. It literally had 2 or 3 lines, and less than half a dozen connectors, then two nuts on the engine mounts and the engine was ready to come out. Diagnosing any issues it did have was simple. I miss that car so much. Unfortunately I could never get a title for it, and had to scrap it.

Sam TII

My turbo FC with basic mods was super reliable, I was talking mainly about FDs.

Agreed, FBs are rad, never had one to call my own though, just driven friends.

NA6C-Guy

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The only reason my Turbo II was ever unreliable was how butchered the engine electrical and emissions were. There is no other car like the FB to me. A properly built, carbed FB is my ideal everything car. Daily, fun weekend, occasional track, whatever.

Fireindc

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I think if i ever decide to try a rotary, a FB would be for me. One with a nice n/a 13b swap, or one of the rare models that came with that motor. Sounds like fun.

I've heard of the handling on the FB being similar to a miata feel-wise, but the miata has more potential and "better" handling overall.

concealer404

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You'll want to do something about the steering on an FB. Seriously the worst thing about those cars, and something that ruins the whole thing for me.


HERP DERP RAW SPORTS CAR WITH RECIRCULATING BALL STEERING BOX.

NA6C-Guy

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Even with sloppy worn out suspension and tall sidewalls, it had a real nice feel to it. Nothing mind blowing, but a reasonably nimble little car. Miata does have more potential for sure, but an FB can achieve levels that most would be happy with.

I never found it that much of an issue. Ratio was a bit slow, but mine was snug and slack free, and pretty responsive. Though it did lack feedback, which is a pretty big negative. Otherwise, given all of the positives for me, I was able to overlook that little issue and keep a big **** eating grin on my face while zipping around town. No sound is better to me than that car with the big Mikuni carbs and the full RB exhaust, revving up a little past the redline.

On a related note, I wish now that I had kept all of my 12A parts to build a nice streetport carbed engine, just to have for when the time comes to buy my next FB. I will own another one day. I sold all of the parts for a pretty nice chunk of change though. About $800 for the old housings and rotors alone, plus $400 for a 15 year old rusted out RB exhaust. I only paid like $1200 for the whole car several years before that. So I got some fun out of it, and made a little profit.